Sacramento County Biographies
PAUL VERNON AMICK
Transcribed by Marla Fitzsimmons.
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One of the best known farmers of Sacramento county is Paul V. Amick, who is
cultivating the well improved and productive ranch of Saddle Runyon Rippon,
located on the river about four miles below Courtland. He was born in Ione,
Amador county, this state, on the 1st of December, 1891, and is a son of Ellis
Grant and Lillian (Vogan) Amick. His maternal grandfather was sheriff of Amador
county for sixteen years and was one of the community�s strong and influential
men. Ellis G. Amick was born in Jackson valley, near Ione, and was a son of A.
J. Amick, who crossed the plains to California in 1849, and first found
employment in a shop at Tenth and K streets, Sacramento. Later he went to the
mountains and took up land in Jackson valley, in the cultivation of which he was
successful. As he prospered he bought more acreage and became the largest land
owner in the valley. He died at the age of seventy-six years. His son Ellis G.
Amick, established a drug store at Ione, long know as the Ione Pharmacy, and
also engaged in ranching. Subsequently he sold his holdings in Amador county and
located in Sacramento. He became interested in the mills at Brighton in 1906 and
continued their operation until his death, in 1913. Lillian (Vogan) Amick was a
native daughter of California, having been born at Mountain Springs House, a
famous stage headquarters on the highway between Ione and Jackson. Her mother,
Mrs. Vogan, died in 1929, at the age of eighty-six years.
Paul V. Amick attended the public schools of Ione and graduated from the
Sacramento high school in 1908. He learned the butchering trade in a pioneer
meat shop in Sacramento, and followed that line of work until 1918, when he took
over the county agency for the Nash automobile. He carried on that business
successfully until 1925, when he sold out, and has since devoted his attention
to the management of his wife�s interests.
Mr. Amick was united in marriage to Miss Ora Sol Rippon, a granddaughter of Sol
and Adaline E. Runyon. Sol Runyon was a member of one of the best know pioneer
families in Sacramento valley, and at one time was the largest landowner along
the river and controlled the navigation of the river. Mr. and Mrs. Amick are The
parents of a son, Paul Vernon, II. Mr. Amick is a member of Tehama Lodge, No. 3,
F. & A. M.;
Sacramento Commandery, K. T.; Ben Ali Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Sacramento
Lodge, No. 6, B. P. O. E. He is a member of the Sacramento Shooting Club and has
always been recognized as an expert shot. He is an industrious and successful
rancher, takes a helpful interest in matters affecting the welfare of his
community and is regarded as one of its loyal and dependable citizens.
Source: History of the Sacramento Valley California Vol. III 1931. Page 78-79.